Stocks for a number of fertilizer makers, led by Calgary, Alberta-based Agrium (NYSE:AGU) are climbing as companies raise dividends and see analysts ratchet up earnings projections for 2015. Agrium announced Jan. 22 it had raised its dividend payout ratio to 40% to 50% of free cash flow. That was ...

War, terrorism, deadly diseases and slowing economies in Asia are bad news, but you wouldn't know it from analysts looking at U.S. businesses expected to post solid third-quarter earnings and revenue growth. As earnings season revs up next week with the reports of big banks JPMorgan Chase ...

CF Industries (NYSE:CF) is in preliminary merger discussions with Yara International Tuesday over a possible deal that would create the world's largest fertilizer company in terms of sales. Norway's Yara International confirmed the talks, but said there is no guarantee that a merger will happen ...

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